Safety match cover



Feb. 27, 1940. J SANTANA 2,192,053

SAFETY MATCH COVER Original Filed Jan. 25, 1938 3 3 0 I P W .30 30f W IW 7;? .5.

INVENTORS JoseplzA.$dnicznd. .edESanfi-uza B I I ATTORNEY Patented Feb.2?, E946 UNITE STATE grates SAFE-TY MATCH coves Joseph A. Santana andlllitecl 1E. Santana, New

. York, N. Y.

Original application January 25, 1938, Serial. No. v 186,769. Dividedand this application April 24, 1939, .Serial N0. 259,584:

ll Claim.

Thisinvention relates to new and useful improvements in a safety matchcover.

This application is a division from our appli-.

ally connected thereto so .that when the match sheet is pivoted toexpose. the match portions,

th match striking area will be-retracted to between said leaves forpreventing said matches II from being struck thereon until the matchportions are again interposed between said leaves.

Still further it is proposed to provide the casing with a closed sideand an open portion on said side arranged so that said match sheet mustbe pivoted in one direction only to expose said match portions.

Still further the invention proposes the construction of a meansassociated with the close side of said casing for limiting said matchsheet to pivot to a position in which it will be at right angles to saidcasing.

For further'comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will-be had. to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel featuresof the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of thisdisclosure--- Fig. l is a perspective view of a safety match coverconstructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of thesafety match cover illustrated in Fig. l, in an open position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig.1, but illustrating another form of theinvention.

Fig. 4 is a face view of the match sheet illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a developed view of the blank from which the casingsillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 are formed. The safety match cover,according to this'invention, incudes a casing 30 consisting of a frontleaf 30 anda back leaf 30 which" are connected together at their topedges by an intermediate 1 portion St. The bottom of the front leaf w isformed with a tab 30 which is folded along the edge 36 leaf over the tabextension 80 of the back 7 A match sheet 3!! is disposed between theleaves 30* and 30 and is pivotallyconnected by means of a rivet or thelike 32 engaged through the tabs 30 and 30 of the front and back leaves3!) and 30', respectively. The front and back 6 leaves are provided withcutouts 33 for exposing match striking material 34 mounted on the baseportion of said match sheet 36. In Figs. 3 and 4 the match strikingmaterial 34 is provided with a downward extending smooth projection 35for it gripping and turning the match sheet 3i about the rivet 32.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of ourinvention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves 5 tothe precise constructions herein disclosed and 'the right is reserved toall changes and modifications coming within the scope of the inventionas defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is: 2' i "A safety match cover,comprising a casing formed of a strip of material consisting of a frontleaf and a rear leaf connected together along their top edges, saidfront leaf being formed with. a downwardly extending tab at one sidethereof andv 'doubled upon itself, said rear leaf being formed with adownwardly extending tab aligned with said tab and inserted between theadjacent facesof said tab for forming a cutout area at the bottom andadjacent one side of said casing, a sheet of matches disposed betweensaid leaves and tabs and having a match striking area formed thereon ina position to be exposed through said cutout area when said matches aredisposed between said leaves, apivot extended centrally through saidtabs and the adjacent area of said sheet of matches for pivotallysupporting said sheet, said sheet of matches having its bottom edgeabutting the junction of said... doubled over tab to limit pivotingthereof, and a rounded corner formed on said sheet of matchesconcentrically with said pivot and on the side of said sheet opposed tothe side of said casing-having said cutout area so that said sheet ofmatches may be pivoted to expose the matches thereof through the side ofsaid casing opposed to the side thereof which connects with said cutoutarea. m

JOSEPH A. SANTANA. ALFRED E. SANTANA.

